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House GOP Vote to Protect Adam Schiff

Commentary Sen. Adam Schiff? Like the sound of that? Twenty Republican U.S. House members who voted against and three who abstained in the vote to censure Rep. Schiff (D-Calif.) may not either, but, inadvertently or not, they have done their best to ensure not only Schiff’s survival but his promotion. There is nothing more that Schiff,…


GOP Senators Spar With Sen. Durbin Over FBI Document About Alleged Biden Bribery Scheme

Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and John Kennedy (R-La.) sparred with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) over an unclassified FD-1023 form about the Biden family’s alleged $5 million bribe at a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on Thursday. …


Republicans Demand Biden Declassify COVID-19 Origins Documents as Deadline Looms

Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) are tapping their watches at President Joe Biden as a deadline looms for his administration to declassify all of its documents on the origins of COVID-19. In March, Biden signed the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023, which requires the Director of National Intelligence to “declassify any and…


House Targets Federal Agencies, Votes to Overturn Supreme Court Ruling

The House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass a bill that could significantly shift federal regulatory authority away from the executive branch to Congress. Lawmakers voted for the Separation of Powers Restoration Act, known as SOPRA, in a 220–211 vote. Most Republicans voted in favor of the measure, while most Democrats voted against it. An…


LIVE NOW: House Democratic Leader Jeffries Holds Weekly Press Conference (June 15)

The House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) Holds Weekly Press Conference at 10:00 a.m. ET on June 15. …


House Democratic Leader Jeffries Holds Weekly Press Conference (June 15)

The House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) Holds Weekly Press Conference at 10:00 a.m. ET on June 15. …


LIVE NOW: US-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s Hearing on Europe, US and Relation With China

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a special commission under U.S. Congress, holds a hearing on “Europe, the United States, and Relations with China: Convergence or Divergence?” from 9:30 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. ET on June 15. Agenda: 9:40 a.m.–11:25 a.m.: Panel I: Europe-China Relations: Overview Andrew Small, senior fellow of the Indo-Pacific Program at the German Marshall…


US-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s Hearing on Europe, US and Relation With China

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a special commission under U.S. Congress, holds a hearing on “Europe, the United States, and Relations with China: Convergence or Divergence?” from 9:30 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. ET on June 15. Agenda: 9:40 a.m.–11:25 a.m.: Panel I: Europe-China Relations: Overview Andrew Small, senior fellow of the Indo-Pacific Program at the German Marshall…


LIVE 9:30 AM ET: House Democrats Holds Press Conference on American Dream and Promise Act

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), joined by Reps. Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas), Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.), Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), Judy Chu (D-Calif.), Jose Luis Correa(D-Calif.), Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Susan Ellen Lofgren (D-Calif.), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (D-Ore.), Maria  Salazar(D-Fla.), and John Duarte (D-Calif.), holds a press conference at 9:30 a.m. ET on June 15 on…


House Democrats Holds Press Conference on American Dream and Promise Act

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), joined by Reps. Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas), Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.), Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), Judy Chu (D-Calif.), Jose Luis Correa(D-Calif.), Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Susan Ellen Lofgren (D-Calif.), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (D-Ore.), Maria  Salazar(D-Fla.), and John Duarte (D-Calif.), holds a press conference at 9:30 a.m. ET on June 15 on…